Fort McKinney (Wyo.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Geographic subdivision usage: Wyoming Fort McKinney
Variant(s): Cantonment Reno (Wyo.)
McKinney, Fort (Wyo.)
Reno, Cantonment (Wyo.)
See also: Fortification --Wyoming
Found in: Work cat.: NUCMC data from Wyoming St. Archives for Osborne, J.E. Papers, 1893-1895 (Fort McKinney)
Encyc. of historic forts, 1988: p. 860 (Wyoming: Fort McKinney (Cantonment Reno); depot est. Oct. 12, 1876 by Capt. Edwin Pollock, located 3 miles south of abandoned Fort Reno; became military center for control of Indians in the cattle raising country east of the Big Horn Mts.; abandoned on Nov. 7, 1894, the post’s buildings and a portion of the reservation were transferred to the state of Wyo.)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Guide to the Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department records
Collection
Identifier: RG0260
Abstract
Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department records as maintained by the Wyoming State Archives consist department administration records from the State Archives, State Museum, Historical Division, Historic Sites Office, the Centralized Microfilm Department, and the Wyoming State Library, Archives, Museums and Historical Board
Dates:
1949-1990